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This artistic rendering shows the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital, which is set to be completed in spring 2020.

Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Donates $47.5 Million to Build New Rehabilitation Hospital

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor November 27, 2017

The University of Utah recently broke ground to replace the 52-year-old rehabilitation center with a state rehabilitation hospital. The new facility will house 75 beds and is slated to be one of the most...

Music Meets Literature in Honors College

Music Meets Literature in Honors College

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor November 15, 2017

A man who can be seen wearing sleeveless shirts and shorts year round, Brian Kubarycz is a writing and intellectual traditions professor for the Honors College at the University of Utah. Kubarycz has...

Students, staff, and friends of ChenWei Guo came to show their support after the recent shooting tragedy in Red Butte Canyon by lighting candles and walking from the Marriott Library to Presidents circle for a candle light vigil to share their condolences on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017 | Chronicle archive

Students Honor ChenWei Guo With Candlelight Vigil

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor November 2, 2017

Two days after ChenWei Guo, a student at the University of Utah, was shot and killed near Red Butte Canyon on the evening of Oct. 30, the Asian American Student Association at the U held a candlelight...

U Student Lorene Kamalu Runs for Kaysville Mayor

U Student Lorene Kamalu Runs for Kaysville Mayor

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor November 1, 2017

As the weather gets colder, leaves change and snow begins to fall on the Wasatch Mountains, Lorene Kamalu is feeling the heat. An entrepreneur, mother of five and master’s student at the University of...

Part of the Utah State Board of Regents plans to improve mental health on campuses across the state include expanding the SafeUT app, developed at the University of Utah.

Board of Regents Expands Mental Health Programs on College Campuses

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor October 2, 2017

The Utah State Board of Regents is honing in on mental health needs on college campuses across Utah. This increased focus on mental health is due to the findings of a working group that included representatives...

U Appoints First Mormon Studies Professor

U Appoints First Mormon Studies Professor

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor September 30, 2017

The University of Utah named Paul Reeve its first Simmons Mormon Studies professor. Through the Tanner Humanities Center, the U launched the Mormon Studies initiative in 2010, which, according to the...

The Block U on the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Wednesday, July 12, 2017.

Ethnic Studies Department Begins Expansion to Include Traveling Abroad

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor September 30, 2017

In April of 2017, the Ethnic Studies department at the University of Utah received a $10,000 grant from Global Learning Across the Disciplines and the Office for Global Engagement. The decision to award...

Professor Richard Dorsky, from the department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, shows the inside of a research laboratory where he isolates various genes of zebrafish to look at the behavioral effects in the comparative medicine building on campus on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Researchers Link Gene to Anxiety Level

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor September 18, 2017

Genes may be a factor dictating levels of anxiety, according to a study on the brains of mice and zebrafish conducted by researchers at the University of Utah. Yuanyuan Xie, who previously attended...

Spencer Fox Eccles business building  at University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT on Wednesday,Aug.30, 2017

(Photo by Jose Remes/ Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Offers DACA Students Free Consultation with Volunteer Attorneys

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor September 13, 2017

The University of Utah Dream Center and the David Eccles School of Business are co-sponsoring a free event for students, faculty, staff and community members about the impact of revoking of DACA on the...

Usambara Thrush is a globally endangered bird species due to habitat fragmentation.

Targeted Forest Regeneration May Save Endangered Species

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor September 12, 2017

A new University of Utah-led study shows that targeted forest regeneration efforts in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and the Atlantic Forest of Brazil can save at-risk species in tropical forests. When...